Expert Analysis

DOJ's New Initiative Puts Title IX Compliance In Spotlight

Following the federal government's recent guidance regarding enhanced enforcement of discrimination on the basis o... (more story)

RI Menopause Law Brings New Considerations For Employers

Rhode Island becoming the first state to provide express antidiscrimination and accommodation protections for empl... (more story)

7th Circ. FLSA Notice Test Adds Flexibility, Raises Questions

In Richards v. Eli Lilly, the Seventh Circuit created a new approach for district courts to determine whether to i... (more story)

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Class Action Atty Sanctioned For 'Egregious' Bogus Citations

A California federal judge has sanctioned a California class action attorney for filing a motion riddled with "egregious" erroneous citations, finding that the citations "bear the hallmarks" of cases hallucina... (more story)

Union Asks NLRB To Revive Hospital Representation Petition

The National Labor Relations Board should revive an Office & Professional Employees International Union local's bid to confirm its representation of laboratory workers at a California children's hospital amid ... (more story)

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Trump Says Courts Can't Review Order To Rebuke Fed Unions

The National Treasury Employees Union doesn't have a claim that President Donald Trump overreached with his order for numerous agencies to cancel their union contracts because he exercised the discretion Congr... (more story)

Calif. Gig Worker Union BIll Sent To Newsom's Desk

A plan to give gig drivers in California the right to unionize and negotiate certain job terms and conditions is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk less than two weeks after state leaders reached a deal with U... (more story)

Calif. Senate OKs Measure For State Panel To Fill In For NLRB

The California State Senate has passed a bill that would give the state's labor relations board power to decide labor disputes that would normally be subject to federal law if the National Labor Relations Boar... (more story)

David Copperfield Vegas Workers Get OK For Union Vote

Stagehands for magician David Copperfield's Las Vegas show and workers at his private museum can vote on being represented by an IATSE local, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled Tuesday, rejecting ... (more story)

UFCW Fund Accuses NYC Hospital Giant Of Juicing Prices

A United Food and Commercial Workers health fund has filed a proposed class action against New York-Presbyterian Hospital, accusing one of New York City's biggest hospital networks of abusing its market power ... (more story)

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6th Circ. Splits In Racial Bias Suit Over Hearsay Evidence

A divided Sixth Circuit panel upheld an elevator manufacturer's defeat of a former employee's retaliation suit Wednesday, saying a human resources representative's secondhand statement about the reason for the... (more story)

State AGs Back Trans Worker In Liberty U.'s 4th Circ. Appeal

A group of 19 states and Washington, D.C., urged the Fourth Circuit to back a trial court's decision to keep a former Liberty University employee's transgender bias case in court, arguing the religious univers... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Won't Revive Healthcare Workers' Vax Bias Suit

The Second Circuit backed Northwell Health's win over a lawsuit claiming it unlawfully terminated 30 employees who requested religious exemptions from the healthcare system's COVID-19 vaccination policy, rulin... (more story)

Emirates Wants To Land Laid-Off Workers' Class Cert. Bid

A group of former Emirates employees should not receive class certification in their suit claiming the airline discriminated against American employees during its 2020 layoffs that they said were made without ... (more story)

7th Circ. Doubts Proof In Chicago Cop's COVID-19 Death Case

A Seventh Circuit panel seemed unconvinced Tuesday that a Chicago police officer's widow has enough evidence to go to trial on claims that he contracted COVID-19 and died days later because his superiors never... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs Texas University In Medical Leave Suit

The Fifth Circuit upheld Texas Christian University's win over a former employee's lawsuit claiming she was fired for taking medical leave, saying she failed to show she was eligible for federally protected ti... (more story)

10th Circ. Seems Unsure About Reviving Rehab Worker's Suit

An occupational therapist tried to persuade a Tenth Circuit panel Tuesday to revive her suit alleging she was illegally punished after complaining about sexual harassment, with several judges questioning wheth... (more story)

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'Frustrated' Atty Accuses Judge Of Bias In Conn. Wage Suit

An exasperated attorney representing a class of Connecticut steakhouse servers accused a state court judge of improperly restricting the damages, calling her incompetent to preside over the case and putting on... (more story)

Ex-Care Associates Say Mount Sinai Failed To Pay Overtime

Mount Sinai Health System failed to pay its employees for time spent undergoing temperature checks and other health-related duties before their shifts, didn't pay for post-shift work and automatically deducted... (more story)

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$36M DOL Award Unjustified, Nursing Homes Tell 3rd Circ.

A group of bankrupt nursing homes told a Third Circuit panel Wednesday that a nearly $36 million judgment against it for not paying employees overtime should be thrown out because the judge who ordered it foun... (more story)

Sugar Co. Didn't Control Worker Before Clock-In, Judge Says

A beet sugar processing company did not exercise any control over a former machine operator during the time he spent waiting in line to clock in, so that time was not compensable, a California federal judge ruled.

5th Circ. Says ConocoPhillips Can Arbitrate FLSA Suit

The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday ruled that a former ConocoPhillips safety consultant must arbitrate claims in his proposed collective action that accuses the oil and natural gas company of not paying overtime wag... (more story)

Nursing Exec Says $10.5M Fraud Penalty Excessive

A nurse staffing executive convicted of wage-fixing told a Nevada federal court the U.S. Department of Justice's request for a $10.5 million forfeiture order for allegedly failing to disclose the antitrust inv... (more story)

2nd Circ. Sends Prevailing Wage Questions To NY Panel

Fire alarm testers and inspectors are eligible for prevailing wages under New York law, but the state appeals court should mull whether employment contracts need to specify the wages and whether employers can ... (more story)